Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Nathan. Very interesting. I thought that it might be something like that. Peter On 01/03/2023 18:57, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Thanks, Peter. There has been some rain that morning but in general the > winter has been dry. In contrast to Northern Europe, it has been > unseasonably cold here. This morning when I was driving to work, it was > only 9C (48F in American money) which is extreme for Alicante in March > (OK, the month just started, but still). However, there is plenty of > tomatoes of all types, and the prices are no higher than normal, so the > supply problems in the UK are not weather related. I think somebody > screwed up and is using the cool weather down here as an excuse. > > As for the plaque. It is a long story. The restoration of democracy in > Spain following Franco?s death in 1975 was peaceful but perhaps not > universally welcomed. The right wing and the Catholic Church were tightly > connected, and a not insignificant sector of the population would have > liked the Fascist government to have continued with a new head. This did > not happen, fortunately, but in contrast to the democratisation process in > places like South Africa or Poland, there was no reckoning with the > perpetrators of human rights violations of the previous regime?no truth > and reconciliation commission, no judicial proceedings, just a tacit > agreement to sweep things under the rug and move on. This was known as the > ?Pacto del Olvido? (?the pact to forget?) and until recent years it was > rarely questioned. Only in the past decade has there been serious movement > towards a more normal treatment of the past, as evidenced by the removal > of Franco?s body from the hideous mausoleum he had built outside Madrid > (he is now buried in a normal family plot) and installation of memorials > like our plaque in Alicante. Still, there are still street names and > symbols harking back to the dictatorship. > > Like I said, this is all complicated, intermingled with issues of Catalan > nationalism, the role of the church, etc. Lluis, who has actually lived in > Spain during the dictatorship and through the transition and subsequent > years, may have a much richer perspective than I. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > > > > > > >> On 1 Mar 2023, at 10:57, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> wrote: >> >> Wow, you have rain in Alicante? But I guess that's why we can't get our >> tomatoes from Spain and Morocco at the moment. >> >> Very much like the picture I wonder what she makes of it, or will do in >> the future. Great shot. >> >> I guess Mussolini's planes were flying out of the Balearics. Would love >> to hear why it took so long to put in place. >> >> Peter >> >> On 27/02/2023 11:57, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >>> A proper Leica image this time?shot on film with the Leica M2 and >>> developed by me. The background: on 25 May 1938, Alicante was the victim >>> of one of the many war crimes during the Spanish Civil War. The city was >>> besieged, and starvation was widespread. On that day, the attackers knew >>> that there would be a delivery of fish to the Central Market, and so >>> Mussolini?s air force chose to bomb the market?the objective was clearly >>> to sow terror among the population, there were no military targets >>> anywhere nearby. More than 300 people were killed. >>> Today the square is called Plaza del 25 de Mayo, and in 2013 a memorial >>> plaque was installed on the pavement (the fact that it took so long >>> after re-establishment of democracy in 1978 is another story). Most >>> people just walk by, but I noticed a father explaining the meaning of >>> the memorial to his young daughter: >>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-7FBJMQn/A >>> Cheers, >>> Nathan >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> >>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >>> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator >>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >>> ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> -- >> >> Dr. Peter Dzwig >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Dr. Peter Dzwig